Reader Letter | Let's all help the world - don't let your car idle

8:58 PM,
Apr. 8, 2013

Paige Williams

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PAIGE WILLIAMS

Are you sick of all those environmental messages constantly trying to make sure you never get a second of peace? Do you wish that you could print out that enormous stack of papers without people glaring at you and "self-righteously" ordering you to stop wasting trees? Do you hate seeing peppy ads on TV telling you to shut off your car engine whenever you're idling for long periods of time?

If your answer is "yes," you and I have a problem right there.

I'm sure you are a reasonable person. You probably don't think there's anything wrong with leaving your car idling for a few minutes while you wait for a ...